1516 – Works of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan | Post-Incunable, Koberger Printed

Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, is the most important ecclesiastical father of the 4th-century and has continually been an influence both in Milan and throughout the Western world even though he has been associated with persecutions of non-Christians.

Most of surviving writings are exegetical in nature; letters and essays in which he writes on faith, offices of the church, the Holy Ghost, mysteries of God, commentary of the Gospels and Old Testament, as well as funeral orations.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Divi Ambrosii episcopi Mediolanensis omnia opera accuratissime revisa
• Author(s): Saint Ambrose
• Illustrator(s): Urs Graf
• Contributor(s): Andreas Hartmann (Editor)
• Publisher: Basileae: In officina Adae Petri ductu ac impensis Ioannis Koberger
• Edition: 1516.
• Binding: Full leather with brass corner fittings
• Format: Folio, two volumes
• Size:  13 in x 9 in (33 cm x 23 cm)
• Collation:
  • Vol. 1: [180], 245 leaves
    • “Repertorium” bound at front of volume 1 rather than end of 3
  • Vol. 3: 273, [1] leaves
• Illustrations: woodcut title page and initials
• Contents Include:
  • Hexameron
  • On Paradise
  • On Noah and the Ark
  • On Isaac or the Soul
  • On Cain and Abel
  • On Joseph and the Patriarchs
  • On Mysteries
  • On Virginity and Virgins
  • On the Incarnation of the Lord

Condition:

Good. Full leather bindings are tight and secure with brass corners and accents retained. Pages show small areas of worming in places. Text remains legible throughout.

Why Collect This?

• Early 16th-century printing of Ambrose’s collected works
• Basel imprint associated with Johann Koberger

Item Number: # 50644